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A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here’s what we know
CNN ^ | Updated 10:22 AM EST, Mon February 12, 2024 | Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas

Posted on 02/12/2024 8:14:14 AM PST by conservative98

A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and a young child opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene. The gunfire left the child in critical condition and another man injured, officials said.

Authorities are now probing the shooting at televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church – roughly 6 miles from downtown Houston.

The woman, estimated to be between 30 and 35 years old, entered the church shortly before 2 p.m. wearing a trench coat and backpack and opened fire, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in a Sunday afternoon news conference.

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The shooter used an AR-15 that had “Free Palestine” written on it, according to a federal law enforcement source. Investigators are trying to sort out whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual, the source said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: biden; freepalestine; hamas; houston; joelosteen; lakewoodchurch; notawoman; palestine; terrorism; tran; trannyterrorist; trans; transgender; transshooter; transterror; transterrorism; transterrorist; xyxx
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1 posted on 02/12/2024 8:14:14 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

A woman with a prostate named Jeffrey Escalante apparently.


2 posted on 02/12/2024 8:15:30 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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moreno
3 posted on 02/12/2024 8:16:17 AM PST by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.Newark is 46% black)
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To: conservative98

“Free Palestine”


4 posted on 02/12/2024 8:17:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: conservative98

These violent pro-Hamas lunatics are all over the place. Albany NY had one shooting his shotgun outside a synagogue


5 posted on 02/12/2024 8:20:11 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: conservative98

An illegal alien invader Leftist tranny with a “reltnee” for Osteen followers?


6 posted on 02/12/2024 8:20:16 AM PST by twister881
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To: conservative98

It’s raining freaks, Halleluia.


7 posted on 02/12/2024 8:20:18 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: dynachrome

She’s a trans, baby!


8 posted on 02/12/2024 8:20:28 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: conservative98
"Investigators are trying to sort out whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual..."

A LOT of overlap there.

9 posted on 02/12/2024 8:21:06 AM PST by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: dynachrome

She needs a shave......................


10 posted on 02/12/2024 8:21:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: dynachrome

A short video of Jeffery

https://rumble.com/v4cz0if-lakewood-church-shooter-identified-as-a-transgender.html


11 posted on 02/12/2024 8:21:40 AM PST by janetjanet998 (Legacy media including youtube are the enemy of the people and must die)
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To: fwdude
"Investigators are trying to sort out whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual..."

I hope she didn't yell Allahu Ackbar. That always confuses authorities when it comes to motive.

12 posted on 02/12/2024 8:23:20 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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It appears there were two people from church security who took down the attacker.
Both of them were off duty officers, one was a 28-year-old off duty Houston Police Department officer with two years of service, the other was a 38-year-old off duty Texas Alchoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) agent with four years of service. It is not clear if both church security members were being paid or were volunteers. It is common for off duty officers who are members of a church to volunteer as church security.

Notice how CNN attempt to make it sound as if it were the police who stopped the shooting, instead of church security who happened to be off duty officers.


13 posted on 02/12/2024 8:23:20 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: conservative98
whether she was politically motivated or a disturbed individual

They say that like they are mutually exclusive when they in fact are highly correlated.

14 posted on 02/12/2024 8:23:40 AM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: conservative98

The lunatic tranny wanted to shoot a bunch of Bible-believing Christians, but ended up at an Osteen motivational event instead.


15 posted on 02/12/2024 8:24:06 AM PST by twister881
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“Moreno had a criminal history dating back to 2005, and previously identified as Jeffery Escalante, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety records search. Prior arrests include failure to stop and give information, assault of a public servant, assault causing bodily injury, forgery, possession of marijuana, theft, evading arrest unlawful carrying weapon”

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/lakewood-church-houston-shooter/285-dc80c9f7-4728-4016-bb34-574582f50f4b


16 posted on 02/12/2024 8:26:26 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

They say that, like it’s a bad thing.


17 posted on 02/12/2024 8:27:35 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tell It Right

The shooter was a man. A cross-dresser.


18 posted on 02/12/2024 8:27:52 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: conservative98
before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene

I read somewhere, NOT CNN, that the officers were off duty. When seconds count, the on-duty police are only minutes away.

19 posted on 02/12/2024 8:28:04 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Chainmail

♫ It's raining freakos, from outa the sky
Freakos, don't even ask why ♫


20 posted on 02/12/2024 8:28:16 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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